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The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead · 2019 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Fleet, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, signed by the author Colson Whitehead. The first UK edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust w…

Judith Paris a Novel

Hugh Walpole · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1931. Cloth. The limited edition of Judith Paris from the Herries Chronicles by Hugh Walpole, with the author's signature. An early limited edition of the work. One of 350 large paper copies printed in August 1931. With author's signa…

Chats on Old English Earthenware

Arthur Hayden · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1922. Cloth. A detailed work from British antiquarian and author Arthur Hayden, signed and inscribed by the author. Fourth impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighty plates. Collated c…

Fall of Giants

Ken Follett · 2010 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Macmillan, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical novel from Welsh author Ken Follett, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first of the Century Trilogy. A historical novel follow…

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume study of the environment, history and vegetation of the British Islands, richly illustrated throughout. A new edition, with corrections. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original green cloth,…

Pictures of Grecian History in Miniature

1812 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Darton, Harvey and Darton; J. Harris , 1812. Leather. A delightful miniature book containing a series of annotated illustrations of Ancient Greek history. A scarce miniature work, with the first edition published in 1810. Bound in full straight grain morocco. A charming …

On the Frontier

Bret Harte · 1884 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this collection of three short stories from American writer Bret Harte. The true first edition of this work, published prior to the US first edition.In a signed half morocco binding …

The Works of Dr John Doran

Dr John Doran · 1854 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.60 | $3,302.65 | ¥527,392)

London, Richard Bentley; Hurst and Blackett; John C. Nimmo; Chatto and Windus , 1854-1888. Leather. An impressive set of works from prolific English editor and miscellaneous writer, John Doran, comprising multiple first and second editions. An attractive set of twenty-five volum…

The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox

Henry Cockton · 1849 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Willoughby & Co, [1849]. Leather. A humorous novel by Henry Cockton, following the mischievous escapades of a ventriloquist who wrecks havoc in his small town. An entertaining Victorian novel following a man who decides to teach himself ventriloquism, after seeing a perf…

Esther: A Young Man&Apos;S Tragedy: Together with the Love Sonnets of Proteus

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt · 1895 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.71 | $277.42 | ¥44,301)

Boston, Copeland and Day, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The limited edition, first US edition, of this volume of verses and sonnets from English poet and writer Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The first US edition of these works.One of five-hundred limited edition copies printed on Dutch h…

The Birds of the British Isles

David Armitage Bannerman · 1953 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953-1963 . First edition. Cloth. A signed complete first edition set of David Armitage Bannerman's exhaustive account of the birds of Great Britain, illustrated throughout in colour by David E. Lodge. The first edition, first impression of each vol…

An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture

J. C. Loudon · 1842 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. Cloth. John Loudon's extensive architectural encyclopeadia, illustrated with thousands of engravings throughout. An immense encyclopaedia on the architecture and furniture found in cottages, farms, and villas. This architec…

The Rise and Fall of [Hoops] in the Roman Empire: An Apocryphal Tale

D. B. Heath [note]; J. W · 2001 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, DB Books, 2001. Paperback. A facsimile of a very scarce 1860's comedic story about a pope and his hatred for the ladies' hoop, written by hand with many illustrations. A facsimile of the original publication. First published in 1860. In the publisher's ori…

Forbidden Fruit: Meditations on Science, Technology and Natural History

Heathcote Williams · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Oxford , Huxley Scientific Press, 2011. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed first edition of this interesting selection of poetry on science, technology and natural history by Heathcote Williams. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publis…

In Partnership, Studies in Story-Telling

Brander Matthews; H. C. Brunner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1885. Cloth. An interesting volume on the art of storytelling, by Brander Matthews and H. C. Bunner, signed by Matthews to his friend Anna George de Mille. The 'Author's Edition', published the year after the first.Signed by the author to…

Ballades and Other Verse, and, Rhyme and Reason

H. S. Mackintosh · 1953 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953-56. First edition. Hardback. A smart set of two first edition poetry anthologies by H. S. Mackintosh, both volumes are signed by the author. Two first edition poetry anthologies by H. S. Mackintosh, both signed by the author. 'Rhyme and Reaso…

No Love

David Garnett · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of David Garnett's 1929 novel about a relationship characterised by a lack of emotional detachment. Number 98 of 160 numbered copies of this first edition, signed by the author David Garnett…

Some Remarks on the Prefaces to the First Editions of Classics

Beriah Botfield · 1854 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Philobiblon Society, 1854 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of Beriah Botfield's very scarce bibliographical work. The very scarce first edition from this work from British Member of Parliament Beriah Botfield, a noted bibliographer, geologist a…

Squire: Memories of Charles Davies Sherborn

J. R. Norman [John Roxborough Norman] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of Charles Davies Sherborn, inscribed by Agnes Arber to W. T. Stearn, with a letter. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth bind…

The History and Antiquities of Richmond, Kew, Petersham, Ham &C.

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1894 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Richmond, Hiscoke and Son, 1894. Cloth. A smart subscriber's edition of this illustrated historical work, signed by the author. Subscriber's copy number 34. Signed by the author. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece, thirty-five plates, and many in-text images. Coll…